Equal Pay

Construction is by far the most male-dominated industry – just 11% of the industry is made up of women.

Women have to work nearly 15 months to earn what a man earns in 12. And that's been true for decades.

The Columbus Women's Commission is seeking 100 central Ohio employers to take the pledge to improve gender and race-based inequity in the workplace.

It took women working year round full-time jobs 74 extra days to earn what men did in 2021. And the data is worse for women of color, who are disproportionately employed in low-wage jobs.

Attempts to change Ohio law to require employers to pay women and men equally have been unsuccessful. Those bills have been mostly supported by Democrats who, for the past two decades, have been in the minority. Now there’s a new effort underway and lawmakers are taking a different approach.

Democratic lawmakers have proposed a pay equity bill that’s become a perennial in recent two-year General Assembly sessions.

House Democrats are trying to create a tool that could make it easier for people to report potential wage discrimination. They believe an anonymous...

Fresh off its fourth Women's World Cup title, the U.S. Women's National Team has its eyes set on another prize: more money. The women make less than their male counterparts.

Six percent of women today work full-time in a male-dominated occupation in the United States. That reflects an improvement, but women still face an…

When the labor market tightens up, opportunities open up for largely marginalized groups, including people who are disabled.But in Ohio, the workforce…